Binder



W. FELDMANN BINDER Aprn 12.1927. 1,624,660

Filed Ot. 11. 1926 Patented Apr. 12, r1927.

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`'ILLIAIVI IEELDMANN, OF-CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.`

BINDER. i

Application filed October 11, 1926. A.Serial No. 140,791.

tinguished by its simplicityof construction land reliability of function.

A further objectl aims at providing a binderhaving a plurality 'of blades pivotally secured'to one end of the backing member, andhinged means at the other end` of said backing member for releasably ,securing the free ends of said blades. y

[A still furtherv objectconstitutes the provision Vof Ya locking lmember fortheblades which not only secures the-free ends thereof,

but also aligns the same.

, A still further object aims atproviding va 'locking member for the blades which ,per-

mits selective and instantrelease o-f any or all sections held by said blades.

Other andequally important objects vwill Ybecome apparentfrom the following descrip tion of the invention which comprises the means described in the specification, particularly pointed out in the claims forming a part thereof, and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book holder equipped with the invention; f Figure 2- is la fragmentary perspective View of the inner portion of the book. to disclose the construction of the binder;

Figure 3 isv a view similar to Figure 2, with a holder blade in open position;

Figure 4 is a section on the line .4 4 of Figure 2; and,

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fil 1re 4. e

rglhe book with which the binder is employed comprises a back r and covers 11, 11, formed integral therewith, or, if preferred, made separatel and secured to the back.`

The binder comprises a retaining or backing member 14 which in the present instance is shown as a channel having a base 15 and l,The free ends of said iianges are curled.` The retaining member 14 is secured to ythe Hanges 16 and 17k at right angles thereto.

15, and a member 13 madeof wood for the` round shape book effect or, Where economy is indicated, preferably of flat binders out about the in Figure 3., u u y The upper ends of the flanges are cutl board., The lining 19 is only used as a-fillcr` but can be omitted without any detriment `as far as the 4invention is concerned.

Itis understood that the particularv form ort the retainer member or its fastening to the book, is illustrated and described as an example, andis not intended as limitation y of `the invention.` I i To the lower end of the retainer member,

a plurality of` blades or bars 21 are pivotally v secured. As shown, a lpintle 22 extends parallel to the base 15 and removed from the free ends offflanges V16 and 17, and the ends of the pintle are `headed' over on to the flanges; The pintle rextends into apertures provided in the blades sothat tlie'lajtter may be arranged parallel to the base v 15 and thus be within the space defined by the flange and base, or the blades maybe swung pintle as the axis, asindicated away to provide clearance for a locking member 23,y which comprises a strip with curled ends. A wire 24 is housed in the curled end ofiiange 17 and extends into the curled end of locking member 23, rwhereby the latter is hingedly secured'to the retain- .ing member.

Awire25 vis mounted for reciprocation in the curled end of the flange 16 Aso that-with the curled ends v0f the locking and the retaining members arranged in alignment, the wire 25 lmay be raised so as to enter into the curled end of thelocking member, as shown in Figure 5. ,c

The wire 25 is ybent intermediate its ends to form a U 26 and the ange 16 isprovided with an inward depression 27 to' re' ceive the U 26 when the latter is arranged to Contact with the flange v16.

The use of the'device is as follows: Folded i or stitched sheets of paper 27y are arranged around theblades 211 as indicated in Figure 3, when the locking member 23 is in open position. After the `paper has been,

so arranged, the blades 2.1l together with the paper encompassing the same are swung karound thepintle 22 to be received vwithin the space defined by the basefand flanges of the retaining/member 14. Thereupon, the

locking member 23 is swung about the wire 24 as axis until the free curled end is in alignment `With the curled endI of flange 16. -Thereupon, the U portion 26 of the wire 25 s 'rotateduntil it occupies the posi- Lil) tion at right angles to the iflange 16,1as `indicated in Figure 5, to serve as a handle for shifting or raising the wire 25 until its-free end extends into the ycurled end of the lookingmember 23. rlhen the U-portion 26 is turned into original position in which Rift contacts with the depression 27 of the flange 16.

From the foregoing it follows that a si1nple and eflicient device has been provided for releasably securing the free ends 'of the blades which yserve as a holder for loose leaves.

VVhille the drawing shows a preferred embodiment of the invention, the invention has been illustrated merely by way of eX- ample and not by way of limitation. Thus, various changes and alterations may be made without departing from the purview 'of the invention.

I, therefore ldo not limit myself to the details of construction or arrangement as shown, but wish to include all changes, altera-tions. rearrangements and revisions which fall within the scope of' t-he invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A binder, including a backing provided with spaced flanges, a plurality ot elements pivotally secured to one end 'of' said backing 'a'nd between said flanges, a member hinged "to the opposite end of one and adapted to hold the free ends of said efements v'between said flanges, and means slidable on the other flange for 're- 'm'ovably securing said member.

2. A binder, including a backing, provided with spaced 'flanges a plurality of blades pivotally secured to one end of said vbacking and between said flanges, a. inember hinged Lto the opposite e'n'd of one flange and adapted to hold the 'free ends of said blades between said "flanges, and means including a wire, with a portion bent to form a lll, slidable Yon fthe other end for removably securing said member.

3. A binder, including a backing provided with hspaced flanges, a plurality of ele- Aand release the free Aend of said hinged member. V

ln witness i'vhereof I aliix my signature. 

